Orange-peel texture can be applied to installed drywall sections.
After the drywall sections have been cut to size and hung in place against the ceiling and walls, tape and joint compound is then applied to all joints, corner beading and screw/nail heads. The drywall can then be wallpapered or painted over, or textured prior to painting. The texturing process requires applying drywall compound over the drywall in various patterns, some of which are known as knockdown, sand swirl, mud swirl, skip trowel, perlite and orange-peel -- this last texture is very commonly used. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Fill a 5-gallon bucket roughly 40 percent full with joint compound powder or premixed compound. Pour water into the bucket in 1-pt. increments, mixing it into the compound with a hand mixer (or mixing paddle attached to a power drill) until the mix becomes the thickness of heavy cream.
2. Pour some of the mixture into a paint rolling pan. Use a one-half-inch nap roller to roll the mixture onto a spare piece of upright drywall. Look for runs in the mixture on the drywall: If there are runs, pour more drywall into the mixture and mix again. Repeat this checking process until there are no runs.
3. Roll the mixture onto the walls and ceiling with the one-half-inch nap roller attached to an extension pole, covering every part of the ceiling/walls and getting as close to the wall/ceiling corners as possible. Allow it to dry for 10 minutes, or until the mixture on the wall has lost its shine.
4. Roll a second coat of the mixture onto the ceiling and walls -- the application of the second coat will help produce the orange-peel finish. Generally, the more rolling of the second coat, the greater the orange-peel texture. Clean the rolling pan and roller thoroughly in hot, soapy water.
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